Line holder and stretcher.



G. E. WINSTEAD. LINE HOLDER AND STRETGHER.

' APPLIGATION TILED JULY 12,1913. 1,094,286. Pat nted Apr. 21, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 12,1913. 4 1,094,286. Pat nted Apr. 21, 1914.

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CHARLES EDWARD WINSTEAD, OF WILSON, NOR-TH CAROLINA.

LINE HOLDER AND STRETCHER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21 1914.

Application filed July 1a, 1913. Serial No. 778,757. g

. To all whom it may concern.

Beit known that I, CHARLES E. WINsrEAn,

.citizen of the United States, residing at Wilson, in county of Wilson and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line Holders and Stretchers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in line holders and stretchers and more particularly to such devices intended for use in holding and stretchin *masons lines and the like where it is dlfllClllt to establish a proper support at the points between which the line is to bestretched.

The object is to provide supports which may be placedat the corners of an outside wall or on the' surface of the wall and will hold equally well.

A further object is to so construct the supports that when not in use, they can be folded to occupy a small space and when in use will hold the line close to the wall or other surface against which the body of the supports rest, and yet another object is to provide means on one of said supports to bring the line to a strained position and to hold it taut until released.

This invention relates to still other novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1.

is a view in side elevation of the device showing the supports in place at the corners of a building; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one of the supports in a folded position; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the means for holding the support at a corner extended; Fig. 5 is a like view with the support arranged to be held on a blank wall, and Fig.6 is a view in perspective to better illustrate the manner' of mounting the reel.

Two supports, A and B, are preferably bent up of strip metal, and are made of substantially the same configuration in top plan.

The body portion 1 of the support is made in the form of an open rectangle, the metal being bent to make the support of V-shaped configuration on the open side, as at 2. .The ends of the metal strip or band are brought around and overlapped at the closed end of the rectangle, and a'rivet 3 is provided to hold these ends together. This rivet is offwind the line on to the reel.

considerable distance along the end of the support. This end 4 is bent in such a manner that a clearance is provided therebetween, and the opposite end of the strip, and p in the clearance thus formed a blade 5 is pivoted at the approximate center from side to side of the end 6 of the support. This blade, as better shown in Fig. 5, is cut away to form a more or less sharp end, and when the device is to be used on the inner wall or at other points where the supports must be held against a bare wall surface, the blade 5 can be inserted in the mortar joint between the adjacent brick and the support held to rest against the surface of the wall;

When the support is to be held at the corner of a building, the blade 5 is not used, and can consequently be folded to rest in the space provided at the end of the body portion of the support.

A U-shaped member 7 is pivoted at its ends at 8, 8 between the sides 9, 9 of the support adjacent the end 6, and when the holding means 7 is not to be used, it can be folded as shown in Fig. 3 into the frame, and when in use it is brought to position, as better shown in Fig. 4, where the member 7 is held against too great outer movement by being engaged against the inner sides of the end 6. i

On the support A standards 10, 10 are secured to the sides 9 adjacent the end 6 to extend from the outer side of the support.

A shaft 11 is mounted on the standards 10, and a reel 12 is carried by the shaft. This reel 12 is made of a suitable size. and configuration to carry the line, and a handle 13 is provided for rotating the shaft to At one end of the reel 12 a ratchet wheel 14 is provided,

and a spring-held dog 15 is carried by the frame in position to engage with the ratchet wheel and hold the reel against back movement. The dog 15 is made of such form that it can be grasped and manually released from its engagement with the ratchet wheel. Each of the supporting members is provided at the extreme end of the V- shaped portion 2 with a notch 16 through which the line runs, thereby always insuring that the line will be held in proximity to the Wall surface on which the supports are maintained.

In'use, the line is securedat its one end to the support B, and at its opposite end on the reel carried by the member A. The members A and B are placed on the wall or other surface at the proper point, and the line is wound onto the reel until it becomes strained, thus holding the supports to their working posit-ion and the engagement of the dog with the ratchet Wheel holds the line taut until released manually.

It will be evident that in some connections it might be desirable to makethe blade 5 of entirely different configuration to adapt it for the use intended and. also that the member 7 might be altered to meet the requirements.

Having fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A line holder and stretcher, compris ing supports between which the, line is stretched and held, each of said supports comprising a body portion, means for holdingthe support at the corner of a wall and means whereby the support may be secured on a blank wall, one means adapted to be folded within the body of the support when said second means is to be used, and both means capable of being folded when the deviceis not in use.

2. A line holder and stretcher, comprising supports between which the line is stretched and held, each of said su ports comprising a body portion made pre erably rectangular in the main and having the inner end thereof made V-shaped, the V- shaped portion provided on its inner edge with a notch through which the line passes,

and by which it is held and supported in proximity to the wall at the point desired,

and means for holding the support on the blank face of the wall against which the line is to be stretched.

3. A line holder and stretcher comprising supports between which the line is stretched and held, each of said supports being composed of a body portion made preferably rectangular in the main and having the inner end thereof made V- shaped, the V-shaped portion provided on its inner edge with a notch through which the line passes, and by which it is held and supported in proximity to the wall at the point desired, and means capable of being folded into the body portion for holding said supports atthe corners of a building.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

his CHARLES EDWARD X WINSTEAD.

mark Witnesses:

A. L. DARDEN,

G. WINSTEAD. 

